#openclusters — Public Fediverse posts

NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes Reveal Two Faces of a Star Cluster Duo https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-and-webb-reveal-two-faces-of-star-cluster-duo/ #NASA #HubbleSpaceTelescope #JamesWebbSpaceTelescopeJWST #OpenClusters #StarClusters #Stars #TheUniverse

Evolution of "Blue Lurker" Star System (Artist's Concept) ✨

#ActiveGalaxies/Quasars #BlackHoles #OpenClusters #Stars

⏩ 3 new pictures from Hubble (NASA) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=4&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250114091010

Dynamical Evolution of Four Old Galactic #OpenClusters Traced by Their Constituent Stars with Gaia DR3: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad7a72 -> interview with two authors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqAqjimVc8

Just over a week ago, @starstryder posted a wonderful piece on the life of open clusters. If you missed it, wander over here... https://astrodon.social/@starstryder/113507811810656081

This inspired me to do a quick one night tour of the features she described.

To my shame, I had never heard of the Hyades Cluster, so that was a particular adventure for me. It also proved too much of a challenge for my little Dwarf3 - the 3 degree FoV is just not quite enough to capture the whole cluster.

Now, these are not the greatest shots of these features - I had work the next day, so I had to cram everything into about 1 1/2 hours. Great astrophotography this is not. But what it is is a tour through time. It was, however, also a chance to test out the scheduling feature of the beta software for the Dwarf.

#astronomy #astrophotography #OpenClusters #Orion #Pleiades #Hyades #Dwarf3

Just over a week ago, @starstryder posted a wonderful piece on the life of open clusters. If you missed it, wander over here... https://astrodon.social/@starstryder/113507811810656081

This inspired me to do a quick one night tour of the features she described.

To my shame, I had never heard of the Hyades Cluster, so that was a particular adventure for me. It also proved too much of a challenge for my little Dwarf3 - the 3 degree FoV is just not quite enough to capture the whole cluster.

Now, these are not the greatest shots of these features - I had work the next day, so I had to cram everything into about 1 1/2 hours. Great astrophotography this is not. But what it is is a tour through time. It was, however, also a chance to test out the scheduling feature of the beta software for the Dwarf.

#astronomy #astrophotography #OpenClusters #Orion #Pleiades #Hyades #Dwarf3

Just over a week ago, @starstryder posted a wonderful piece on the life of open clusters. If you missed it, wander over here... https://astrodon.social/@starstryder/113507811810656081

This inspired me to do a quick one night tour of the features she described.

To my shame, I had never heard of the Hyades Cluster, so that was a particular adventure for me. It also proved too much of a challenge for my little Dwarf3 - the 3 degree FoV is just not quite enough to capture the whole cluster.

Now, these are not the greatest shots of these features - I had work the next day, so I had to cram everything into about 1 1/2 hours. Great astrophotography this is not. But what it is is a tour through time. It was, however, also a chance to test out the scheduling feature of the beta software for the Dwarf.

#astronomy #astrophotography #OpenClusters #Orion #Pleiades #Hyades #Dwarf3

Just over a week ago, @starstryder posted a wonderful piece on the life of open clusters. If you missed it, wander over here... https://astrodon.social/@starstryder/113507811810656081

This inspired me to do a quick one night tour of the features she described.

To my shame, I had never heard of the Hyades Cluster, so that was a particular adventure for me. It also proved too much of a challenge for my little Dwarf3 - the 3 degree FoV is just not quite enough to capture the whole cluster.

Now, these are not the greatest shots of these features - I had work the next day, so I had to cram everything into about 1 1/2 hours. Great astrophotography this is not. But what it is is a tour through time. It was, however, also a chance to test out the scheduling feature of the beta software for the Dwarf.

#astronomy #astrophotography #OpenClusters #Orion #Pleiades #Hyades #Dwarf3

Just over a week ago, @starstryder posted a wonderful piece on the life of open clusters. If you missed it, wander over here... https://astrodon.social/@starstryder/113507811810656081

This inspired me to do a quick one night tour of the features she described.

To my shame, I had never heard of the Hyades Cluster, so that was a particular adventure for me. It also proved too much of a challenge for my little Dwarf3 - the 3 degree FoV is just not quite enough to capture the whole cluster.

Now, these are not the greatest shots of these features - I had work the next day, so I had to cram everything into about 1 1/2 hours. Great astrophotography this is not. But what it is is a tour through time. It was, however, also a chance to test out the scheduling feature of the beta software for the Dwarf.

#astronomy #astrophotography #OpenClusters #Orion #Pleiades #Hyades #Dwarf3

Last night I spent a wonderful couple hours with my trusty Helios 102mm refractor + #SkywatcherAZGTi. Here are sketches of #OpenClusters #M36, #M37 & #M38 sketched between 22:00-22:30 BST 07/04/23. Pastel + paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #DeepSkySketch

Last night I spent a wonderful couple hours with my trusty Helios 102mm refractor + #SkywatcherAZGTi. Here are sketches of #OpenClusters #M36, #M37 & #M38 sketched between 22:00-22:30 BST 07/04/23. Pastel + paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #DeepSkySketch

Last night I spent a wonderful couple hours with my trusty Helios 102mm refractor + #SkywatcherAZGTi. Here are sketches of #OpenClusters #M36, #M37 & #M38 sketched between 22:00-22:30 BST 07/04/23. Pastel + paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #DeepSkySketch

Last night I spent a wonderful couple hours with my trusty Helios 102mm refractor + #SkywatcherAZGTi. Here are sketches of #OpenClusters #M36, #M37 & #M38 sketched between 22:00-22:30 BST 07/04/23. Pastel + paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #DeepSkySketch

Last night I spent a wonderful couple hours with my trusty Helios 102mm refractor + #SkywatcherAZGTi. Here are sketches of #OpenClusters #M36, #M37 & #M38 sketched between 22:00-22:30 BST 07/04/23. Pastel + paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #DeepSkySketch